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Silicon Valley Startup Combines Pizza with Animatronic Rodents

July 19, 2013

Silicon Valley Startup Combines Pizza with Animatronic Rodents

Securing Chuck E. Cheese's in the annals of Silicon Valley innovation, The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal interviews the founder to tell the remarkable story of the pizza arcade chain. Nolan Bushnell, from his vantage point as founder of Atari, saw better economics on the arcade side so he personally constructed everything from animatronic characters to pizza recipes to create the ultimate venue for generations of kids.

Social Preschoolers More Likely To Drink

Early childhood behavior, long suspected of being linked to parental drinking, may also relate to alchohol problems for the child later in life. A research study at VCU sugggests that early childhood personality may increase risk of future alchohol problems. Kids with behavioral problems are at risk, kids who are "consistently social" at even greater risk. The group at highest risk by a wide margin: Kids who could reliably bounce a quarter off the table into a plastic cup.

96% of C-Suite Women Played Sports in School

Ernst & Young surveyed women in senior management at large global companies, finding a big correlation between sports and career sucesss. 90% of the women surveyed (96% of executive officers) played organized sports in school. An impressive testament to the broader effects of Title IX over its 40-year tenure. And of course in women's sports there are breasts, and their associated controversies.

Smart Watch Helps Lost Kids Get Help

What a Difference a Year Makes

I thought I was obsessed with photographing our son Oscar, who just turned one. English photographer Sam Cornwell, whose son Indigo was born two days later, took short videos every day for a year and strung them together. Watching it brought back a lot of fond emotions that have developed over the past year. It really is amazing how much we develop in our first year.